I tried all possibilities but no luck yet. I just realized this morning that
the OS patch level on Test and Prod servers are different. Test reports are
working but not the Prod, may be due to fact that Test servers have LATEST
PATCH LEVEL??? Is it possible??? Please let me know.

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Brian Mearns <mearn...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 3:06 PM, b k <bk4...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks!! Actually, it's a java based app on the WebSphere app server that
> > sends the response to Apache web server which in turn sends the response
> to
> > the browser. I tested the reports directly on the App server which are
> > working fine. I suspect something is wrong in the apache config. I also
> > checked mime.types file which includes pdf entry.
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Brian Mearns <mearn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Marcin 'Rambo' Roguski
> >> <ra...@id.uw.edu.pl> wrote:
> >> > On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:20:27 -0500
> >> > b k <bk4...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Hi all,
> >> >> PDF reports are not being generated on any browser. [...]Any help
> would
> >> >> be greatly
> >> >> appreciated!!!!
> >> >
> >> > Send Content-Type: application/pdf or application/octet-stream from
> your
> >> > PDF generator
> >> > text/html is just plain wrong.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Maslow's Maxim:
> >> >        If the only tool you have is a hammer, you treat everything
> like
> >> >        a nail.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Well what's generating the PDF's? If they're coming from a file, you
> >> need to configure Apache to correctly detect the mime type (as with
> >> mod_mime: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_mime.html). Or if
> >> they're all accessed through a particular root URL (like
> >> /reports/pdf/), you can use the <Location> tag and ForceType:
> >> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#forcetype.
> >>
> >> If it's being generated by a server side script, you can try the above
> >> <Location> method, or better, just get your script to generate the
> >> correct Content-Type header. If you're using PHP, the default mime
> >> type if you don't say otherwise is usually text/html, as you found,
> >> but you can use the header() function to send the CT header like:
> >> header("Content-Type: application/pdf").
> >>
> >> -Brian
> >>
> >> --
> >> Feel free to contact me using PGP Encryption:
> >> Key Id: 0x3AA70848
> >> Available from: http://keys.gnupg.net
>
> It sounds like you're saying you get the correct content-type header
> if you communicate directly with the app server, and that Apache is
> blowing it away? That's quite odd, but you might still try the
> <Location> tag or similar to match the URL's the reports are accessed
> by, and then use ForceType. I'm not sure if Apache will replace an
> existing Content-Type header in this case, but it's worth a try.
>
> -Brian
>
>
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